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Turkish premium womenswear retailer DESA has secured a key site in the new St Martin's Courtyard development in London's Covent Garden, enabling the whole range to be presented together for the first time in the UK. The 140 sq m flagship store, designed by UK-based Kinnersley Kent Design, is due to open in mid October.
DESA has plans to open further London stores in 2011, as well as retail outlets in New York and Paris.
Furniture and home accessories retailer Dwell is moving ahead with expansion plans after securing a £5m equity investment from independent private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP). The company now plans to launch 33 new high street outlets over the next four years, taking its total number of UK stores to 52 by 2014.
Fashion retailer Whistles has formed a collaboration with Angus Pond Architects (APA) for a new approach to furniture and design. The first of the new designs will be unveiled in The Village at Westfield London in mid September.
With only ten days to go to the closing date for this year’s ‘Retail Trust Search For A Star’ competition, the currently shy but deep down talented from amongst the nation’s three million people working in the retail business are being urged to put themselves forward for a shot at music stardom at www.retailtrustsearchforastar.com
SPAR has entered the Nigerian market with its first SPAR Supermarket in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s first and flagship SPAR supermarket is located in a newly constructed shopping centre in the Eastern side of the city, the rapidly emerging Lekki-Ajah district of Lagos. The striking newly built 3,000 m² store is accessible to shoppers and will attract customers with moderate to high income profiles.
With only ten days to go to the closing date for th
